Elon Musk announces Starlink internet connectivity for Gaza aid organisations (www.businesstoday.in)
from pleasemakesense@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 14:02
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synapse1278@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 14:10 next collapse

I don’t understand how every Elon Musk’s tweets are deemed “world news” worthy.

pleasemakesense@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 14:14 collapse

Some people just reflexively downvote anything musk related, the point of this post was about starlink access to gaza while it is basically under total communication blackout

synapse1278@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 14:33 next collapse

Just my personal opinion here, it would be news worthy if actions were already underway to deploy Starlink to Gaza. At this stage, it’s nothing more than a tweet…

scarabic@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 15:02 collapse

I’m curious if anything more actually needs to be done. Isn’t StarLink already available globally? Is he just reaffirming that? Is he pledging free access?

nogooduser@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 16:38 collapse

Starlink is theoretically available globally but you need the equipment to connect to it which is very unlikely to be in Gaza already and won’t be allowed to enter.

derphurr@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 18:18 collapse

Probably because his goal is to give IDF the terminal gps cords after they are in use to target for bombings, which the US tax payers are giving both the bombs and billions USD every year to support the IDF bombings.

breadsmasher@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 14:35 next collapse

He will provide it until people rely on it and then rip it away to charge out the nose for access. Or block access altogether

see: ukraine

rustyfish@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 14:46 next collapse

This.

That dumbass did it with Ukraine and will do it again. But hey: hE pReVeNtEd A nUcLeAr WaR!

sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works on 28 Oct 2023 15:14 next collapse

better than no internet at all

I mean if u have better solution please share

ivanafterall@kbin.social on 28 Oct 2023 15:41 collapse

Only works if there are already Starlink setups in Gaza. Unless he's going to ship them in somehow.

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Kolrami@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 20:28 collapse

The closer analogy would be him turning off Starlink access in areas where people from Gaza would use it to attack Israel.

m8052@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 14:36 next collapse

Is this even possible ? Isn’t the idf already jamming everything around the strip, and could they just jam starlink frequencies ?

JoeHill@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 14:49 next collapse

There are no Starlinks in Gaza. And there won’t be so long as the war is going on. But Elon can’t let something happen in the world without trying to make it about him.

Stupid news orgs continue to lap up his verbal diarrhea.

Deestan@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 2023 17:17 collapse

Tomorrow: Elon calls everyone a pedophile and cuts access to allegedly prevent alien invasion.

By which I mean his statements are worthless. He lies and backtracks so much that I would want to see some actual movement before trying to care what he says.